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JOHN SCOPES

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• JOHN SCOPES (noun)
The noun JOHN SCOPES has 1 sense:

1. Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)

Familiarity information: JOHN SCOPES used as a noun is very rare.

• JOHN SCOPES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

John Scopes; John Thomas Scopes; Scopes

Instance hypernyms:

school teacher; schoolteacher (a teacher in a school below the college level)

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